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... are non-functional in manatees or dolphins without hindlimbs? what about the dolphin with the hindlimb atavism. Than in the following graph the traits listed are Pelvis(green circle), nose(red square), jaw (blue triangle) to be honest the 2nd question has me completley stumped

Does Mitochondrial DNA have anything to do with physical traits, such as hair color, eye color, size etc? As far as I know, no. mtDNA encodes some of the various components for the mitochondria such as the ETC (Electron Transport Chain) proteins such ...

... doing so) I've read on a topic called group selection but I haven't fully understood it yet. I know that group selection is the idea that genetic traits (specific genes or mutations of genes) accumulate in a group of individuals because that trait is advantageous. Some scholars I've heard reject ...